Optimizing the rotor performance of a Darrieus turbine using Blade pitching

introduction

Motivation

overview

problem statement

Objectives

Thesis layout

general overview of every chapter

state of wind energy

3 problem statement

3 objectives based on the problems present

technology of vawts

area of focus on research

why is this subject worth studying

Literature review

brief intro to Qblade

Methodology

aerodynamic aspects of turbines

background of QBlade

functions, usage, degree of accuracy,etc

explanation on pitching

Difference in active and passive pitching

Fundamental data and info available

comparison with cfd and qblade

Results and Discussion

Short comings and opportunity for refinement

Performance of every simulation

rate of improvement between models

Specification of turbine models

Validations

Rotor designs

simulations

in QBlade

external software

why use external(3rd party) software

Matlab Coding for active pitch

total number of simulations

simulation input file

Compare and contrast results

Conclusion

a brief summary of the findings

design parameters

modelling steps

Challenges faced

latest vs older version reliability issue

turbine cycle issues,etc

enabling of unsteady aerodynamics

highlight important aspect of the findings

suggestions to improve results

current development

type of research conducted

medium fidelity study

numerical approach

usage of DRAFA

a brief explanation why certain parameters are neglected

reliability of Qblade

explanation on LLT and DMS module

why LLT is used?

Asymmetricity issue in upwind and downwind region of results

better approach to problem

using cl/cd max

explanation on problems if present

static pitch

dynamic pitch

show deviation percentage from experimental data

provide a new simulation data, showing improvement

gap analysis

best pitch angle